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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.
The monthly Geography Southwest newsbites provides a summary of events, new resources and short news items. Detailed articles give more detail news stories relevant to teachers of geography in the region.
Editorial: Simon Ross and John Davidson The launch of geography southwest coincides with an extraordinary moment in time, a global pandemic that will almost certainly redefine our world. However we define ‘normal’, these are certainly not normal times and neither, one suspects, will we return to the normality that existed…
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Across the South West, new cycle routes now encourage more people to travel by bike. These initiatives are a response to the COVID19 pandemic to make cycling safer and promote social distancing. Roads have been closed to cars to make cycling safer in busy parts of towns used by people…
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The University of the West of England Annual Geography Conference Geography Really Matters was held on June 24, 2020. The virtual conference was convened by Michelle Graffagnino, UWE, Bristol PGCE Geography Tutor and Harry West, GIS Lecturer. The presentations and resources are free and accessible to all on-line. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/89dfdaf311854825a8cbcd7891cb0ef7 This…
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Ecologist Katharine Lowrie writes about the return of the lovely cirl bunting to the South West in her guest blog from July 2020. The cirl bunting has become a South West England celebrity and a cause for celebration. Why? Because, unfortunately, every so often it takes nearly losing something…
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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.